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Thanks for this! I really want a sis for DD too. So, win win? I had a few 'nightmares' about having another DD last night. I just feel so much pressure from DH's family to have a boy. Boys are so treasured. I think that is where most of my anxiety comes from.Quote:
Originally Posted by begonia
Alexis- welcome and conrats on your BFP! Wishing you a easy 8 months :)
3Pink- OMG I can't believe you only have 23 days or so till THE scan.....have had any second thoughts about finding out as it gets closer???
STSushi- Having 2 DD's is great IMO I also felt i couldn't loose with no. two eifher way was great and it really has turned out fantastic they ADORE each other having 2 little fairies dancing/ giggling around the house really is special......are you planning a 3rd though?? IF my no. 3 is a boy I am even more pleased the DD's are close in age rather than a DS in the middle IYKWIM?
Begonia- I love that your girls are so chalk and cheese! I would love to have a dd that was into more boyish hobbies unfortunately mine seem to both be quite girly and soft and i am Sooooo not like that! LOL Mabye if my third is a girl she might be bit more robustLOL
LOL Cheeky, my DD's do fit my personality well ... I'm not at all the type for tea parties and princess dresses, but if they wanted it (and DD2 might just be that way, we'll see... ) I would of course do it. I told DH it will be just like us though to get the son who wants to take ballet! Which I'd be OK with too ... I really just try hard to let the kids be themselves, KWIM? And ITA, if the 3rd is a boy I'm like you and will still be glad to have 2 of a kind closer together.
Yes Spicy I really do think you're in a win/win situation! So sorry bout the dreams! No fun. I get the "pressure" for a boy thing too ... DH's grandparents were VERY honest about what they hoped our second child would be. It was awkward. We haven't told them yet about #3; I love them, but really can do without the commentary. DH is his dad's only son so there is the whole "carry on the family name" business they seem to care about.
Cheeky you need a ticker, how far along are you now?
Alexis I'm excited you will get an early u/s! You can do the Ramzi thing if you want and see about placenta placement, who knows if it is reliable but it's just one more thing to obsess about, LOL! Hold you over til you get a nub shot :wink:
Oh yea- definitely want a 3rd, 4 is probably my max. My perfect family at this point would be GGB, but since I am afraid I will never get ds, I felt like I should at least try to sway. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheekymoo
Begonia- Yes I Doooo need a ticker but am obviously stupid tried to do one on lilypie and couldn't work out which link to copy into my sig......my poor confused preggo brain really struggled if anyone can give me a tip.......?? LOL
Okay gave it another try and got it working :) !!!!!!!!!!!
Spicy- that's what I wanted ggb or any combo of that really, fx I've got gggb! I hear ya on dh's family pressure, we've been asked for 9 1/2 yrs when we were going to "get it right" and have a boy. I 90% blame my gd on them, if they hadn't completely disregarded dd3 for my nephew born 3 wks later I honestly think I would have gotten over it much faster. I hate people who value gender over the baby.
Cheeky- to my dismay my girls are all about girly and frilly as well, dd2 is tough as nails but loves her princesses and barbies. I have now seen pretty much every Disney princess/tinker bell flick against my will lol LOVE the ticker :bigsmile:
Begonia- Thanks re the ticker- I thought it was cute and non gender specific- I think it is awful about your DD3 being disregarded, I also worry if this is DD3 she will be less noticed/rejoiced by others- but to have male cousin born at the same time would have been sooo hard!
SpicyTF- My perfect family is GGB, second choice is GGG. third GBB...not that i have given it much thought ;) LOL I am trying to convince myself I will be a very lucky person to get my first OR second choice as most don't even get that! I hoping that will help when the time comes to find out ... we will see.....My biggest pain will be the idea of never having a son....as 3 is IT for us :)
Great to hear! See, sisters are desirable!
I had an 8 week scan- and didn't ask ANY questions regarding Ramzi. But, there my doc was, saying, here is the the where the placenta is starting in a transverse view. I was happy that baby is on the right side of my body (left side of screen), if it is true! Gives me at least hope- :)
Hey ladies, hope you all well! Just popping in to say hi & that i'm fine just enjoying my bump. I'm not logging in often because i find that i obsess about boy/girl so i'm much enjoying my preg journey without these thoughts. I will pop in now & again with updates
Hi Babydes! I think of you often so am glad to see you pop in! Glad to hear you're enjoying the pg and not obsessing :-) All good things! Keep us posted! Jen finds out later this month (she has a ticker, it's just a little over 2 weeks before the big scan) so you'll have to check in for that update. Take care!
Spicy yep Ramzi says placenta to the right = boy, left = girl. Who knows if it's true but it would be fun if it is! Mine is posterior right as well but I'm not counting on it. I find the study itself totally fascinating but the fact that there isn't any peer review or mentions of it by respected OB/GYN makes me think there's something not quite right, KWIM? But heck, I like hoping so I'm right there with you ... guess we'll find out if it is right for us!
Cheeky 3 is it for us too! FX we both get our little blue caboose!
Well- most doctors aren't really that interested in gender research as we have discovered anyway. But yes, and my doctor made some other comment about something being right or left- and she didn't seem to confident, so I think a lot of people asking their doctors trust what they say- but they might be wrong. Not worth worrying about!
Spicy- glad you're not hedging your bets on Ramzi's. He did the first u/s at 6 weeks and then waited till 20 weeks to confirm. I decided a while ago it wasn't worth wasting my brain thinking about. I'm actually ignoring all the things that people say mean boy or girl. 4 pregnancies all different, I've decided nothing means anything till you see the goods lol
Nesting like crazy here, anyone else or am I the furthest along since Babydes abandon us lol jk baby glad you're doing well. Ok can't sit still any longer, off to clean!
3pink- I can't believe you are nesting already! I am sooo jealous...I am still in LAZY slug mode atm, all i want to do is sleep and sit LOL trying to keep a handle on the basics regarding the house is MORE than enough....which is sooo not what I am normally like- I am usually a high energy person that my friends complain that my house is too tidy... this is not a nice feeling for me...so when did your nesting kick in??
Spicy- i agree the whole gender theories thing is not worth worrying about until you actually see the real thing in a scan/ IRL...but I def feel disconneted to this baby ATM I am hoping thats because I haven't hit the magic 12 weeks ( well just hitting it)and had my scan I think i felt a bit the same with my others- did/ does anyone else feel the same? I am hoping once i see all is good this thurs I will feel a bit better......we will see I guess :)
Cheeky FWIW I am still in lazy slug mode, LOL! And like you I am normally super-clean and tidy. I'm REALLY hoping nesting kicks in for me in about 5 weeks since we'll be moving and there will be loads to do. And I will say that I too felt pretty disconnected until the 12 week scan. That really put so much of my concern at rest and seeing the little baby in there was just magical. FX it does the same for you! When is your scan scheduled for? FX you get a fab nub!
AFM I tested my urine pH again this am; hadn't done that in weeks :rofl: It wasn't FMU, it was after my breakfast of decaf coffee and donut holes ... but it was an 8. Why oh why can't OWT be true?!?! LOL. I wouldn't be driving myself so crazy if we were going to find out for sure but since I have to wait til birth I am going to wonder about everything :bigsmile:
12 days Jen!!!! Not even 2 weeks away! Oh the suspense!!! I bet Babydes will be finding out around the same time... I'm sure she will pop in to update too!
Cheeky- the nesting kicked it between 16 and 17 wks which is great as my slug mode was really bad lol I'm hoping it keeps going through Chistmas so I can resume slug behaviors for the last 6ish weeks :bigsmile: I think the disconnect is pretty normal, I'm still kinda waiting to feel more attached.
B- I know, I can't believe how close it is! 12 days to the u/s 11 days to 20 wks, it's happening so fast lately. I refuse to re-check my urine pH, I keep reminding myself how close I am. I'd be nuts by now if we were waiting.
So dd1 doesn't want to come to the u/s, she has choir practice and would rather go there. She's positive we'll hear boy and wants to wait as long as possible to find out. I am really trying to keep my hopes level but her insistance on blue is killing me! Here's hoping she's 3 for 3 and it is a boy! I've never been as obsessed as I am right now lol
Jen your so close to the big reveal!!! I hope baby has his;) legs tightly crossed and makes you come back a week later:suprise::rofl: NOT REALLY!!! As soon as that wand goes on, instant answers:bigsmile: I reckon your DD is going to be right still! One of mine is, and she was driving me nuts keep saying girl with the last 3 LOL!
ELP you're naughty, LOL! Jen, I can't wait to hear what the bean is! I bet DD is right though and you hear blue. She'll love him to bits once he arrives I'm sure, even if she's nervous about it beforehand.
I honestly will be more proud of myself for waiting that I would be for giving birth unmedicated. Given my strengths/weaknesses the waiting game will be much more of a triumph over my nature than unmedicated birth!
Begonia- did you get a good view of the nub?
begonia- I hope you get that nesting feeling before the move too- OMG couldn't imagine moving the way I feel atm ! Re the not finding out I admire that you would fight your natural instinct to want to find out for your hubbies sake- i am too weak 1 LOl
3pink- I am getting soo excited I can garantee this thread will be seeing ALOT of action in ten days time :) Don't forget to post and leave us all hanging LOL ;)
ELP- Thats very intresting - has your little girl made any predictions with the one your carrying yet?
AFM- My scan is in 2 days - hoping for a nub shot but not holding my breath incase i get a wierd scanner person or something :) Will just be glad to see it there and healthy at this point...although will prob be kicking myself I have no nub shot after the fact LOL
Spicy my LO was upside down (which supposedly voids nub theory) and moving the whole time! Like, I've never seen a 12 week old baby so active, LOL! Flipping and wiggling the whole body and arms and legs, all at the same time... this kid is crazy! I tried to watch for a nub but am quite certain I didn't see a darn thing with all it was doing.
Cheeky, I just told my sonographer that with my 2nd baby they only gave me a pic of the face, and I'd love to have a full body profile shot of this bean since I think those are so cute. And he did give that to me ... but there's no nub in mine; it's the one I posted on the TTC blue thread back in August ... legs are definitely in the way, and baby is not on its back. So... I would just ask your tech for as many full body profile shots as you can get; tell them you want to send a couple to the grandparents and would love to get 3 or 4 if they get some good ones.
Hope your scan goes well and you get some good hints! I really wish I had a nub hint! I will be watching my next scan (prob at 17-18 weeks) like crazy trying to see something :bigsmile:
Oh and FWIW Cheeky ... I still might find out on my own and not tell anyone IRL. I'm just going to see how it goes. I hate thinking about it every day, KWIM? I'd like to be able to just put the question to rest, and I really feel like I'll be a-ok hearing girl again, so ... we'll see ... if after my next scan I get no hint, and I'm still torturing myself thinking about it every day, I'll probably find out bc this is my last pg and I don't want to spend every day feeling like this! I do think if I quit coming on here (like Babydes) I'd quit obsessing about it, so I think she was smart to do that. But I don't want to quit coming here :shrug: So I stick around and obsess ... and hope to see some of our blue crew get knocked up soon and join us here!
Did babyD totally quit B:( I hope she pops back in:)
And my little lady has said boy for this one! I might set her up a website for online psychic predictions lol, her and Jens little lady can do shifts:bigsmile:
Just realised I totally skipped this one babyD:) Hope you are well and enjoying your pregnancy!!!! xxxxxxxQuote:
Originally Posted by babydes56
Ask her what I'm having, ELP, LOL!! And you saw, I see now ... but I think Babydes will be on and off with us; I'm counting on her to come post the results of her scan because I remember her saying they will find out! I have to live vicariously!
Just had lunch with friends, one has a 10 week old baby boy ... OH he was a DOLL! I want one! I want one! LOL :)
See B, I've done both (natural birth and not found out) they are met with equal awe and impress by others lol. For me though I am much more proud of the delivery, waiting was no big deal :) selfishly I would love for you to find out but do you really think you could keep the info to yourself? If it's a boy I think you'll burst inside of 24hrs lol
Oh Cheeky, I'll be popping in to share on the way out of the office lol
ELP- that's an excellent idea! With the time difference we could have 24 hr coverage and they'd probably be as accurate as anyone else out there :rofl:
K I'm going to be a jerk for a minute. Can I say with how much crap is raining down on dh's family I extra hope this baby is a boy. It'll just seal how great our life is going and how much their lives suck. I know it's rotten to say but after all the grief we've gotten for being so boring aka responsible, I have no compassion for them all having trouble because they're stupid aka fun.
Y'know Jen, I think we'd all cheer for you having a boy for MANY reasons, and I think that is a FINE reason to include :bigsmile:
I am 100% sure I could keep it a secret ... mostly because I'd be so embarrassed that I couldn't wait, LOL ... I wouldn't want to admit that to anyone IRL, even though they all know we're only waiting bc DH wants to wait. And that is the other reason I know I wouldn't fess up to him, even if it is a boy, is because I really, really want him to have his surprise. And I think the surprise would be even sweeter if it is a boy for him :) Oh and also, I would get to tell all of you so that would satisfy some of the need to share the news!
The only time it would be hard to hold in is when someone smugly said something about how obviously I'll have another girl since I already have two... that's when I'd want to be able to spill. But I'd manage :bigsmile:
Wow B, good for you! I doubt we'll make it 24 hrs before we've told the whole fam and posted it on Facebook lol I hate to admit it but it'll be easier to sit on if it's a girl, you know give us a chance to get used to the idea before we endure dh's family's crap.
The closer we get I really hope we hear boy but part of me is positive we'll hear girl. I just can't stop protecting myself this time around.
Oh for sure, if it's a boy you'll be telling people you're stopped next to at the stoplight on the way home :) And if it's a girl, it'll take time ... but you know you'll get to a place where you're excited to have her too. Absolutely you will, and IF it's a girl, that's where DD and her wanting another sister will help cheer you up. It'll be great to have her around with her joy... IF it's a girl ... I really, really REALLY hope you hear blue :pray:
I know, I imagine when you get close to finding out the guard is going to go way up; I think it's pretty natural to protect yourself that way. I know while my head seems to be thinking it is a boy, I keep reminding my heart not to get set on that. Looking at girl clothes, looking back at pics of my girls as babies ... trying to get myself to love the idea of another little lady. And I *think* I do, but the only way I'll know how I REALLY feel is when we do find out. FX you find out blue and don't even have to deal with even the slightest GD!
So here it is girls....the best pic I have.....any guesses??..I am not really sure if this is good enough to make a guess with though........??? I will def post in prediction section too. :)
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...6163343158.jpg
I am not good at guessing- especially since his/her spine is curved. But, the nub does look very 'penisy' if I do say so myself! Jumping to see what the experts say!
well I am not so optimistic STF :( After a little research I think i may have to prepare myself for the fact there is a good chance this stubborn little peanut is a girl....I know it's not def by any means ! But wow I actually feel worse than I imagined I would by it all.....makes me feel better about my decision to find out though as i think I will need some grieving time before I can start to get excited about this girl I just wish i could confirm sooner rather than later.....ah well.......
back to the waiting game :)
At least (woops actually meant ) 3 pinks scan is soon- it will help break the time up a bit! I really hope you hear boy :) I think everyone should get there DG how unfair of nature!!
Great shot Cheeky! I'm no good at nub guesses though lol When are you finding out?
Omg 5 days till the u/s, feeling kind of numb about it.
Cheeky, I hope you're not feeling so poorly about it now that it has been a few days! Did you see the nub at all during the scan or just on this pic? Because I think sometimes the pics can be misleading! AND I really don't think this looks like a traditional girl ... have you seen how flat those are at 13 weeks?!?! I think this could very well be a boy still. I really agree with Spicy ... that shape looks SO boy to me! It's the curve in the spine that makes it tricky! Guess we will find out soon ... do you know when your next scan will be?
Jen, FX for you!!! I can't believe the scan is THIS week. For so long it seemed "close" but now ... it's really, really close!!
Sorry to thread crash but Cheeky I put my money on your bub being a boy!!!
3PNB, popped in to say FX you hear boy & i'm hopeful you will. I'm just as nervous as you are, it's all gone really quickly hasnt it. My scan is on the 3rd Oct so i'll pop in to let you all know if i find out.
Begonia- Thanks hun- feeling better I think :)
As you girls would know you do all this swaying stuff and convince yourself it gets you a good shot at your DG and you just want it sooooooooooo much you would do 'silly' stuff like drink vinegar everyday and put egg white up your who ha LOL that it is a bit of a disapointment to think it isn't what you hoped!! And I guess it felt like I lost my son to be when it hit home it REALLY could be a girl in there so had a bit of grief going on then the guilts over not cherishing the girl that is potentially in there ........all in all prob a good thing as all hope is not lost but i def better prepared for a girl verdict now and feel i will be able to deal with it and move past to the cherish part a little quicker!
BTW My next proper scan isn't till 20 weeks BUT I am seeing my OB at 16wks 2 days - he has a scanner in his room though not as flash as the ones at the scanner place- wondering should i ask him to check?? Do I REALLY want another unclear verdict ?? Or should i wait till 20 weeks when there is less chance of mistakes????
TTC5- No worries about the crashing hun -thanks for the supportive words :) I really hope your right!
3Pink- :running: Only 3 days how can you sit still with the excitment ??? That baby better not have it's legs crossed !! Mabye drink something sugary and cold to make sure it moves to get some good looks! LOL OMG 3 days 3days!
Cheeky I think after my 8 week scan I was really, REALLY low about the idea of never having a son ... and like you said, I really grieved it for a couple of weeks, and then I got over it! Didn't expect it but really, I spend a couple weeks pretty blue about it and then started to get really excited, somedays even hopeful, about having another girl. Obviously I'd love to have a boy, or I wouldn't have done all I did for crying out loud, but I think I'm in a good place with the gender thing now and I hope you get there soon too.
16 weeks is one where if the shot is good they can tell ... DD2 I found out then. But I also have a dear friend who was told "girl" at 16 and then at 20 they saw in fact it was a boy. So, it doesn't hurt, but don't let them say girl just b/c they don't see a penis, LOL .. make sure you see the girl goods or I wouldn't believe it.
Hi Babydes! Will be thinking of you 10/3 and hoping you hear blue :)
Baby- so excited for such a short wait till you find out too!
Cheeky- I have a mw appt that morning so we'll be getting lunch in between, hopefully that'll guarantee a squirmy one :)
Ahh it's so close! I'm so excited and so freaking out!
Is the ultrasound today? I was nervous to check this thread!
It also seems like we don't have any new Blue Crew Grads recently- what is going on in the TTC board?
I had horrible MS on Monday and nothing since, it makes me worried! 11 weeks now...
STF- Try not to stress I am sure all is fine - I had the same thing started to have small periods of a few days from 10.5 weeks when i felt good again! Now at nearly 14 weeks i feel almost back to normal- I am pretty sure it is around the 10/11 week mark the placenta starts to fully take over so try to enjoy :)
3pink- sooo close so close of coarse your freaking out ! (who wouldn't) I am freaking out and it is not even me! LOL -so am right in assuming it's not tomorrow but the day after....?? I will be checking in anyway but just wanted to clarify :)
Oh, I had some vomit this morning. But, I do feel as though it is easing a lot in the evening, when it was hard for me! I accomplished so much, no nap yesterday, cooked a meal, folded laundry, entertained my daughter, it was great!
3PNB- Today, according to the ticker!!!! Oh goodness!